Table of Contents

03/27/15, Vol. 33, No. 39:
Announcement of science fiction discussion groups;
a puzzle;
comments on peaches, on Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in April, on travel, and on SpaceX;
film reviews of A Most Wanted Man and Sleep Dealer;
letter of comment on The Walking Deceased;
and comments on books (The Man in the High Castle and The Shockwave Rider).

03/20/15, Vol. 33, No. 38:
Comments on Ib Melchior, on Pope Francis, on Downton Abbey, and on Enceladus;
film reviews of Boyhood, Art and Craft, Manila Metro,
Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, Night Moves, Remote Area Medical,
and The Walking Deceased;
letters of comment on Pi Day, on fractals and surface area, and on Sally Hemings;
and comments on books (Middlemarch, American Pulp,
and Intern Nation).

03/13/15, Vol. 33, No. 37:
Comments on Pi Day, on Sir Terry Pratchett, on skin area, on racism in Star Trek,
and on Saturn;
film review of Walter;
book reviews of The Martian and Mathematics and the Imagination;
letters of comment on Sherlock and on Hugo nominations;
and comments on books (Jefferson the Virginian, Jefferson,
and Notes on the State of Virginia, with Related Documents).

03/06/15, Vol. 33, No. 36:
Comments on names, on Hugo nominations, on Ceres, and on the duality of light;
film reviews of Birdman, Bonnie and Clyde Vs. Dracula,
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Red Hollywood, and The Way He Looks;
letters of comment on Singapore mathematics, on Kingsman and accents,
on The Midwich Cuckoos, on Carry On Screaming, and on TCM and BBC America;
and comments on books (Malgudi Days).

02/27/15, Vol. 33, No. 35:
Announcement of science fiction discussion groups;
comments on Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in March;
letters of comment on translations, on country rankings, on Kingsman, and on strofe and antistrofe;
and comments on books (The Midwich Cuckoos).

02/20/15, Vol. 33, No. 34:
Comments on punctuation, on country rankings, and on floaters;
film reviews of Kingsman: The Secret Service and Jupiter Ascending;
letters of comment on strofe and antistrofe, and on Lunch and Gary Owens;
and comments on books (Manual of Painting and Calligraphy).

02/13/15, Vol. 33, No. 33:
Comments on energy;
film reviews of Lunch, Joe, The Skeleton Twins,
Get on Up, The Dog, Boxtrolls, Digging Up the Marrow,
and Queen and Country;
book review of The Normans from Raiders to Kings;
and comments on books (Personal Library Prologues).

02/06/15, Vol. 33, No. 32:
Comments on Japanese monsters, on an SF film retrospective, on Arthur C. Clarke's predictions,
on politics, and on Ceres, Pluto, and spacecraft engines;
con report for Londinium in CMDIV A.C.;
letters of comment on Of Mice and Men;
and comments on books (The Tale of the Unknown Island and The Lives of Things).

01/30/15, Vol. 33, No. 31:
Announcement of science fiction discussion groups;
comments on exit signs, on Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov,
on Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in February, and on science and technology in 2014;
book review of The Currents of Space;
film reviews of Oscar-nominated short films from 2014;
letters of comment on Louis Zamperini and boxes of chocolates;
and comments on books (The Double).

01/23/15, Vol. 33, No. 30:
Comments on the Gump message and on Google cardboard;
film reviews of Unbroken, The Case Against 8, Big Bad Wolves, The Internet's Own Boy,
White Bird in a Blizzard, The Sacrament, and Wild;
letters of comment on Gone Girl and edited films, on actors, and on predictions;
and comments on books (Kindred).

01/16/15, Vol. 33, No. 29:
Comments on eating after the apocalypse, on predictions, and on voices;
television review of American horror Story: Coven;
film review of PumpSelma;
letters of comment on The Mentalist, on Rosetta and onPluto, and on Echopraxia;
and comments on books (Oral Borges).

01/09/15, Vol. 33, No. 28:
Comments on Philcon 2011, on the Loncon3 Artist Showcase, on sharks, and on smart thermostats;
Mark's "Top Ten Films" list for 2014;
book reviews of The Ruby Dice and Echopraxia;
letters of comment on NASA and Time for the Stars, on various spacecraft,
on Bess Myerson and Kitty Carlisle, on Forever, on The Mentalist, and on Filth;
and comments on books (War and Peace).

01/02/15, Vol. 33, No. 27:
Comments on Philcon 2009 and Philcon 2010, on feathered dinosaurs, and on de-cluttering;
film reviews of Ivory Tower, Frank, Happy Christmas, Honeymoon,
Filth, Life Partners, The Double, Nymphomaniac (I and II),
The Imitation Game, and Birdman;
television reviews of Ascension, Haven, Sleepy Hollow, Gotham,
Forever, Scorpion, Shield, Vampire Diaries, Originals,
Supernatural, Flash, Arrow, Constantine, The Mentalist,
Z Nation, and The 100;
letters of comment on The Origin of Species, and on space craft news;
on dieting and longevity, on Doctor Who, and on the OFCS film awards;
and comments on books (War and Peace).

12/26/14, Vol. 33, No. 26:
Announcement of science fiction discussion groups;
comments on the Christmas spirit, on layout, and Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in January,
film review of Inside the Mind of Leonardo;
letters of comment on Internet security, on Modernist Cuisine,
on dieting and longevity, on Doctor Who, and on the OFCS film awards;
and comments on books (The Origin of Species).

12/19/14, Vol. 33, No. 25:
Comments on Doctor Who, on the OFCS film awards, on Philcon 2008, and on false safety in numbers;
film review of Poker Night;
film recommendations;
letters of comment on La novia de Frankenstein, on dieting, and on spacecraft news;
and comments on books (The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012).

12/12/14, Vol. 33, No. 24:
Comments on the Soprano State and on TWILIGHT ZONE, Bradbury, and Serling;
film reviews of Life Itself, Force Majeure,
Whitey: United States of America V. James J. Bulger,
Life's a Breeze, Frontera, Two Faces of January,
The Missing Picture, Journey to the West, and The Babadook;
book reviews of Lock In and Life at the Speed of Light;
letters of comment on the Orion launch, on dieting, and on Pluto;
and comments on books (La novia de Frankenstein (The Bride of Frankenstein)).

12/05/14, Vol. 33, No. 23:
Comments on dieting, and on internet reviewing;
film review of A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night;
book review of Field of Fantasies;
letters of comment on Pluto, on The Great Rupert, on Robert A. Henlein,
on Antarctica: A Year on Ice, and on dogs;
and comments on books (Loeb Classical Library, book sales, and Murder in Mesopotamia).

11/28/14, Vol. 33, No. 22:
Announcement of science fiction discussion groups;
comments on a headline, on science in the popular media,
on Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in December, and on streaming;
book review of The Puppet Masters;
film reviews of Antarctica: A Year on Ice and The Immortalists;
letters of comment on knocks, on dogs, on Arrowsmith,
on Interstellar, on Looper, and on history books;
and comments on books (Women and the Military).

11/21/14, Vol. 33, No. 21:
Comments on an updated film, and on dogs;
film review of Interstellar;
letters of comment on knocks and on Interstellar;
and comments on books (Arrowsmith).

11/14/14, Vol. 33, No. 20:
Comments on touchdown, on Yuri Gagarin, on kaiju, and on the Towers of Hanoi and learning;
film reviews of Interstellar and Housebound;
letters of comment on knocks and on alternate history;
and comments on books (Congressional Government,
and SuperFreakonomics).

11/07/14, Vol. 33, No. 19:
Comments on an alternate history interview, on knocks,
and on disconnected life;
report on magazine editor round-table discussion;
book review of Consider Phlebas;
film review of Pelican Dreams;
and comments on books (Burmese Days, The History of the Siege of Lisbon,
and The Gospel According to Science Fiction).

10/31/14, Vol. 33, No. 18:
Announcement of science fiction discussion groups;
comments on Himmelskibit and on Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in November,
film review of Diplomacy;
letters of comment on nixie tubes and on Sir Richard Francis Burton;
and comments on books (The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012).

10/24/14, Vol. 33, No. 17:
Apology;
comments on Medicare, on tree structures in art, and on the canon of horror films;
film review of Wake Wood;
book review of Engineering Infinity;
letters of comment on color vision, on art, and on slide rules, nixie tubes, and numitrons;
and comments on books (Thinking in Numbers, A Certain Ambiguity,
The Wizard of Oz, and Vampyr).

10/17/14, Vol. 33, No. 16:
Announcement of editor roundtable;
kudos;
comments on dinosaurs and on Close Encounters of the Third Kind;
film review of The Decent One;
letters of comment on art, on Ayn Rand, and on slide rules;
and comments on books (Through the Language Glass).

10/10/14, Vol. 33, No. 15:
Comments on art shows, on craftsmanship, on slide rules,
and on the Creature from the Black Lagoon;
film review of The Road;
book review of The Android's Dream;
letters of comment on Sir Richard Francis Burton and on antibiotics,
and comments on books (Cat People
and Homenaje a Agatha Christie: el caso del collar).

10/03/14, Vol. 33, No. 14:
Comments on the Egyptian Book of the Dead, on art, and on disease;
film review of Hero of the Day;
convention report on LonCon 3;
letters of comment on Drive Hard, on Hugo Awards, on Sir Richard Francis Burton,
and on Archduke Franz Ferdinand Lives!: A World Without World War I.
and comments on books (The Weird and The White Mountains).

09/26/14, Vol. 33, No. 13:
Announcement of science fiction discussion groups;
comments on Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in October, and on memory;
film reviews of Field of Lost Shoes, Believe Me, and Drive Hard;
convention report on LonCon 3;
letters of comment on Neil deGrasse Tyson, on sizing convention rooms, on Ayn Rand, and on Hugo Awards;
and comments on books (In the Ocean of Night,
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Lives!: A World Without World War I, and My Real Children).

09/19/14, Vol. 33, No. 12:
Kudos;
comments on zombie policemen, on dinosaurs and Gorgo, and on television in the 21 century;
film review of The Scribbler;
convention reports on LonCon 3;
letters of comment on LonCon 3, on Mars One, on super-hero films,
on political orientation, on robots, and on security.
and comments on books (RetroHugo nominees, Siege of Khartoum,
and "The Logical Status of Fictional Discourse") .

09/12/14, Vol. 33, No. 11:
Comments on the length of the issue, on the Sidewise Awards, on buggies,
and on Internet security;
television reviews of the upcoming fall season;
film review of The Galapagos Affair;
convention reports on LonCon 3;
book review of Life of Earth;
letters of comment on LonCon 3, on In the Company of Thieves, on Ayn Rand,
and on baseball;
and comments on books (The City & the City
and Ancillary Justice).

09/05/14, Vol. 33, No. 10:
Comments on progress, on the missing "1984", and on the Belloit College Midset List;
film review of ;
convention reports on LonCon 3;
letters of comment on In the Company of Thieves, on tsundoku and tsunami,
on time machine fiction, on ethics versus religion, and on sports and science fiction;
and comments on books (I'll Have What She's Having, All Roads Lead to Austen,
and Bring the Jubilee).

08/29/14, Vol. 33, No. 9:
Announcement of science fiction discussion groups;
comments on time machine fiction, on Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in September,
and on ethics versus religion;
book reviews of In the Company of Thieves and Black Milk;
film review of Rocks in My Pockets;
letters of comment on credentials versus education, on tsundoku, on lustrums and fortnights,
and on baseball, football, and fiction;
and comments on books (Dr. Strangelove, Red Alert,
There's More to New Jersey Than the Sopranos, The Soprano State,
and Videohound's War Movies).

08/22/14, Vol. 33, No. 8:
Announcement of Hugo Award winners;
comments on the Phantoms of the Opera, and on the Hugos;
film review of The Hundred-Foot Journey;
letters of comment on counting countries, on life after people, on tsundoku,
on the Phantoms of the Opera, on A World Lit Only by Fire?,
and on Woody Allen and his scandal;
and comments on books (El Señor Borges, The Drowned World,
The Woman Who Died a Lot, and The Heroines).

08/15/14, Vol. 33, No. 7:
Announcement of Retro Hugo Award winners;
comments on tsundoku, on the Phantoms of the Opera, and on the Hugos and Retro Hugos;
book review of A World Lit Only by Fire?;
and comments on books (China Road).

08/08/14, Vol. 33, No. 6:
Comments on maninasuitasauri, on tweeting con reports,
on the Phantoms of the Opera, and on Google Robot, Space X Falcon 9, and a space drive;
and comments on books (The Beleaguered City).

08/01/14, Vol. 33, No. 5:
Comments on a Hugo Awards Ceremony party, on top documentary films, on Metropolis,
on Neanderthal-human mating, on the Phantoms of the Opera, and on baseball and (science) fiction;
film reviews of Lucy, Septic Man, and Wet Behind the Ears;
book review of Yesterday's Kin;
and comments on books (the Retro Hugo packet, The Coroner's Lunch, Killed at the Whim of a Hat,
Revisioning 007: James Bond and Casino Royale, and The Demolished Man).

07/25/14, Vol. 33, No. 4:
Listing of discussion dgroups;
comments on the XPRIZE, on science fiction on television,
and on Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in August;
film review of Aftermath;
book reviews of We Are All Completely Fine and What Is Relativity?;
letters of comment on Hugo nominations, on "Men into Space", and on 21 jokes;
and comments on books (Fearing the Dark, The Innoccents Abroad,
and Confederates in the Attic).

07/18/14, Vol. 33, No. 3:
Comments on Readercon, on clever jokes, on the V-2,
and on the Hugo nominations for Dramatic presentation;
film reviews of Particle Fever, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and GreasePaint;
book reviews of Ancillary Justice, Warbound, and Hard Magic;
television review of Destination Space;
and comments on books (The Smartest Kids in the World
and You Are Not Special and Other Encouragements).

07/11/14, Vol. 33, No. 2:
Comments on ice cream and on the tenth man;
book review of Dreams and Shadows;
letters of comment on Lawrence in Arabia, on Lowell Thomas, on Winston Churchill,
on Arrowsmith, and on Doctor Who;
and comments on books (Blindness, Time Traveler,
and The Exploding Whale).

07/04/14, Vol. 33, No. 1:
Comments on 31 science fiction terms, on GAME OF THRONES, and on Paris;
book reviews of "The Wheel of Time" and Warbound;
film reviews of The Edge of Tomorrow, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones,
Redwood Highway, and Driven;
letters of comment on Ancillary Justice and on vampires;
and comments on books (Daughter of Time, John O'Hara's Hollywood,
At the Molehills of Madness, and Life and Liszt).

06/27/14, Vol. 32, No. 52:
Announcement of science fiction discussion groups;
comments on Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in October,
on NASA FTL travel, and on nuclear fusion;
book reviews of Ancillary Justice and Our Mathematical Universe;
letters of comment on "Parasitology", on logic and fantasy, and on Anthem;
and comments on books (The Guns of August, Blueprint for Armageddon,
and "A History of the 20th Century, with Illustrations").

06/20/14, Vol. 32, No. 51:
Comments on space crews, on space policy, on Godzilla, on the nature of science,
and on logic and fantasy;
book reviews of Parasite and The Moon's Shadow;
film review of Rigor Mortis;
letters of comment on Athem, and on Costco;
and comments on books (Retro Hugos: "Dead Knowledge", "Hollywood on the Moon",
"Pigeons from Hell", "Rule 18", "Werewoman", "The Faithful","Helen O'Loy", "Hollerbochen's Dilemma",
"How We Went to Mars", "Hyperpilosity").

06/13/14, Vol. 32, No. 50:
Comments on old-time movies, and on Costco;
film reviews of X-Men: Days of Future Past, Lullaby,
and Ride Report;
letter of comment on library skills;
and comments on books (Retro Hugos:Anthem, "A Matter of Form",
"Sleepers of Mars", "The Time Trap", and "Who Goes There?").

06/06/14, Vol. 32, No. 49:
Comments on library skills, and on boycotts;
SpaceX factory tour report;
letters of comment on women's suffrage;
and comments on books (Retro Hugos: The Legion of Time, Out of the Silent Planet,
and The Sword in the Stone).

05/23/14, Vol. 32, No. 47:
Links for science fiction to science fact, how Star Wars ruined SF,
the Pope and Martians, Hugo nominees, and Nebula winners;
comments on corals;
film review of Godzilla (2014);
book review of Three Parts Dead;
letters of comment on summer trailers, and on kids these days;
and comments on books (Celebration, U.S.A.).

05/16/14, Vol. 32, No. 46:
Comments on context, and on movie trailers;
book review of The Lies of Locke Lemora;
film review of As High as the Sky;
letters of comment on genealogy and DNA, on meat, on the Hugo nominations, and on freebie books;
and comments on books (Imagined Communities,
The Art of the Moving Picture, and Hugo Award news).

05/09/14, Vol. 32, No. 45:
Comments on drones, on evolution, on back pain and refrigerators, and on flying;
film reviews of Bears and Living Things;
letters of comment on the Hugo nominations, and on genealogy and DNA;
and comments on books (Life at the Speed of Light and "Written in Blood").

05/02/14, Vol. 32, No. 44:
Free SF Classics, the appeal of science fiction;
comments on a new book and on eating spiders and insects;
film review of The Quiet Ones;
comments on free-space settlements in film (Elysium) and television (The 100);
book review of The Madonna and the Starship;
letters of comment on the Hugo nominations;
and comments on books (book sales and The Possessed).

04/25/14, Vol. 32, No. 43:
Hugo nominations;
comments on organ donations, on Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in May,
and on the Seder;
film review of Transcendence;
book reviews of Sphrerical Harmony and Beyond the Rift;
and comments on books (thoughts on the Hugo and Retro Hugo nominees).

04/18/14, Vol. 32, No. 42:
Comments on Hugo nominations announcement, on pearl, and on worlds with mystical creatures;
television reviews of Bitten, Helix, and Intelligence;
book review of Abaddon's Gate;
film review of Speideh;
letter of comment on Robinson Crusoe on Mars;
and comments on books (The Martian).

04/11/14, Vol. 32, No. 41:
Comments on a folk song, on the science in Robinson Crusoe on Mars,
and on "The Five Orange Pips";
film review of Hide Your Smiling Faces;
and comments on books (Lawrence in Arabia).

04/04/14, Vol. 32, No. 40:
Comments on Robinson Crusoe on Mars;
film reviews of The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
and Too Sane for This World;
letters of comment on the numbers of things, and on Ealing comedies;
and comments on books (Dimension of Miracles).